Wheelman402
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Post by Wheelman402 on Apr 10, 2017 2:00:16 GMT -5
LOL......$1300 FOR CONVERSION KIT FOR IGNITION AND CARB SET UP, $700 FOR USED ENGINE, $150 FOR STEEL OIL PAN, AND ITS STILL AN ENGINE THAT IS USED WITH OILING ISSUES AND WONT RUN WORTH A CRAP WITHOUT WATER.. SURE, SIGN ME UP...LOL.. NOT BICKERING AT ALL. JUST SAYING THAT THERE IS NO "SWITCH TO LS POWER" GOING ON IN THE MAINSTREAM DERBY WORLD. NOT WHEN YOU CAN STILL BUY 4 CHEVY 350 ENGINES FOR THAT SAME MONEY AND TORTURE THEM WITH A CARE IN THE WORLD..... BIG SWITCH TO LS ENGINES?? SAYS WHO?? You know I've looked and looked and can't seem to find a carb conversion kit for over 850... hit up edelbrock and order a brand new in the box victor jr intake for 350 and then order the 6012 ignition box for 275. 5 plug ins and go. Anything that go through a cast aluminum oil pan will more than definitely puncture a paper thin steel one.. Give it a new oil pump, gaskets, timing chain and carb swap and let er eat. Watch bash 80 and newer 2015, stock 5.3 got 3rd place and motor wasn't even hot.
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Post by 4sasquach on Apr 11, 2017 20:32:20 GMT -5
Put 4500$ into a 6.0 and put 4500$ into a 400 and let me know what ya come up with. Small blocks can't hold a candle to the ls in any way shap or form. You can build a 6.0 to run the numbers of a built big block on pump gas if you do it right. And yes that's what I'm doing... Quite a bit of factual matter in this.. Cant even come close to the rev's of an Ls vs old school big block.. If you can spin a big block at 6-6500 all the time for pocket change your doing something right.. They are the cheap, quick power option.. Hands down.. I put 205 thousand miles on one and never changed a gasket, t-stat, wires, coil, water pump, serp belt or anything but plugs and oil.. Almost impossible with an older generation engine..
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Wheelman402
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Post by Wheelman402 on Apr 11, 2017 23:55:27 GMT -5
Put 4500$ into a 6.0 and put 4500$ into a 400 and let me know what ya come up with. Small blocks can't hold a candle to the ls in any way shap or form. You can build a 6.0 to run the numbers of a built big block on pump gas if you do it right. And yes that's what I'm doing... Quite a bit of factual matter in this.. Cant even come close to the rev's of an Ls vs old school big block.. If you can spin a big block at 6-6500 all the time for pocket change your doing something right.. They are the cheap, quick power option.. Hands down.. I put 205 thousand miles on one and never changed a gasket, t-stat, wires, coil, water pump, serp belt or anything but plugs and oil.. Almost impossible with an older generation engine.. Better yet they don't chug like a John Deere either at idle so you can run a huge cam and not worry about stalling the motor. Also get decent mileage in hot rods, i know this is a derby site, but I would put the ls platform up against anything until about the 1300 hp mark, then step to a big block after that. Obviously if an ls can handle that they can be built into seriously stout derby engines if someone made an effort.. a TRUE effort...
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Wheelman402
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Post by Wheelman402 on Apr 12, 2017 14:40:06 GMT -5
Just to be clear to some of you that may be following the aluminum head post... the whole idea behind the performance of an ls is NOT to be loudest guy on the track. The idea is if we can make some amazing numbers AND still have an insanely durable engine that will run as long if not longer than a small block, why not?
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Post by owen11x on Apr 13, 2017 9:49:08 GMT -5
You done yet guy?
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